Monoplex mundus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cymatiidae |
| Genus: | Monoplex |
| Species: | M. mundus
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| Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849)
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.
Description edit
The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm.[2] The species was discovered in 1849 by A. Gould. It was originally classified as Triton mundum.[3]
Habitat edit
Minimum recorded depth is 149 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 185 m.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Monoplex mundus (Gould, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- ^ "Monoplex mundus (A. Gould, 1849)". marinespecies.org. Worms: World Registry of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- Beu A.G. 2010 [August]. Neogene tonnoidean gastropods of tropical and South America: contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378: 550 pp, 79 pls
External links edit
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- Gould, A. A. (1849). Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 83-85, 89-92, 106-108, 118-121 (May 1849), 140-144
- Emerson W.K. (1991) First records for Cymatium mundum (Gould) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, with comments on the zoogeography of the tropical Trans-Pacific tonnacean and non-tonnacean prosobranch gastropods with Indo-Pacific faunal affinities in West American waters. The Nautilus, 105(2):62-80